Nurarihyon no Mago - Volume 2 - Chapter 1

Nurarihyon no Mago 2nd Novel: The Story of Edo’s Nura Gumi
Story 1: Edo Child Rearing Experience
Chapter 1
Rihan laughed loudly. When the youkai who were present saw this, they couldn’t help but smile in response. Seeing a giggling baby is like having warm water flow through you. This is the same for both humans and youkai. Even though they always speak of doing bad things, and are always threatening others fiercely, and boasting about the youkai code, in front of a laughing little Rihan, they will always smile such that their eyes become a line.
This is the Nura Gumi’s mansion in Edo. The room with its opened paper doors faces the outer corridor. The warm afternoon sun shone into the room.
Youhime was carrying Rihan in her arms, her husband Nurarihyon sitting cross-legged next to her. Nurarihyon, who was watching little Rihan, had a very warm expression on his face, showing the amount of love and how much he treasured the little life.
“Rihan-sama is really too cute, it’s almost a crime.”
Karasu Tengu, who was flying at a low altitude, said so as he held a toy in front of Rihan, playing with him. This toy is made from Karasu Tengu’s feathers. A few feathers were stuck on the end of a bamboo stick, like a feather duster. Karasu Tengu was moving it around, making it dance in front of Rihan, which made him very happy. After placing it into Rihan’s little hands, Rihan also started to play with it, shaking it around.
“His features are cute, and his actions are cute. You won’t get tired of staring at him all day.”

Karasu Tengu praised greatly.
“Of course.”
The Supreme Commander replied with a laugh.
“I’m so handsome and capable, Youhime is captivatingly beautiful, a child born from these two people will definitely be cute.”
“Ayakashi-sama…”
Youhime hit her husband’s knee while blushing. This married couple, one would always exaggerate his words without holding back, while the other would always blush madly. Seeing the interaction between the two of them, the youkai couldn’t help but burst into laughter. With such joyous sounds being produced so suddenly, Rihan felt very puzzled, and his eyes were wide open. And so passed such blissful times.
In Kyoto, Nurarihyon fell in love with Youhime at first sight, and Youhime followed him to Edo afterwards. Under Karasu Tengu’s management, the two of them held their marriage at the mansion. About three months later, Youhime discovered she was pregnant. Even though she felt rather uneasy about her first pregnancy, thanks to Karasu Tengu’s care and the help from the other members, Youhime delivered her first child safely.
The boy who was born was named Rihan, and half a year has passed since then.
It could be because she was not used to Edo’s environment and that it was her first delivery, but not long after she gave birth to Rihan, she came down with a flu and had to stay in bed for some time. However, the illness was not serious and after she recovered, both mother and son had been healthy ever since. Rihan is also growing steadily every day.
“Oh, yeah. Rihan was able to crawl yesterday.”